A man died Saturday after he was bit by a shark while spearfishing off the western coast of Australia, marking the third such death in four weeks.

Government department says man was in the water around Michaelmas Island, near Albany, when he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark

Today's tragedy is the Australian state's second fatal shark attack in three weeks.

The man was fishing when he was bitten by a shark, police say.